Diagnosis: Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis (ALS)
About: 55 year old women that was diagnosed with ALS two years ago. She was recently admitted to acute care hospital with pneumonia and worsening mobility. She recently worked as a teachers aide in a public elementary school until last year. She was independent in ADL's but has been experiencing muscle weakness and fatigue and needs help opening food packages.
Interests: She enjoys watching tv/movies and playing cards with her family. She also enjoys scrapbooking and is currently working on a scrapbook that she will give to her daughter for her graduation present in a couple of months. She would also like to create a series of videos or cards to leave behind for her family.
Item: Index cards
Intervention: To address her interest of scrapbooking while working on fine motor skills and muscle strengthening I decided to have my client make "mini scrapbooks" or "personalized cards" out of index cards. Because she scrapbooks I knew she would have the materials at home to complete this intervention. My goals for her were to be able to trace a template from online (fine motor skills), draw and cut this template on multiple index cards with scissors (fine motor skills), hole punch them (muscle strengthening), and tie a ribbon through the hole (fine motor skills). In the end I would also like her to embrace her creativity through her scrapbooking and writing.
Below are pictures of the items I used in the intervention and what the final product could look like:
Items needed
Product before design/purpose
Finished product in multiple forms
Overall media project
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